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In a very subtle way and not to mention WhatsApp, Elon Musk suggested not using the most important chat application in the world after announcing new privacy policies, Musk suggested using Signal instead.
The founder of Tesla and Space X used Twitter, the only social network used by the richest tycoon in the world, to send this message. Musk just wrote Use Signal and it didn’t take much more to start a revolution in the blue bird network.
WhatsApp has announced new privacy policies that consist of changes to the storage of personal data and the sharing of this information with Facebook. Something that users did not like, which motivated the company Mark Zuckerberg issued a statement to clarify that this is a change in the company’s accounts and not the users in general.
“As for commercial messages, we do not ask users to share such data. All users will be notified in chat if the company they are talking to has chosen to use Facebook to manage and store WhatsApp messages. This is an optional service that we offer “, the statement states.
What is Signal and how does it work?
Signal is a messaging service created by the California company Signal Foundation in 2014, which has been successful in recent years due to the high level of security.
The application is available for iOS and Android and works with the network to send personal or group messages using phone numbers. Among the functions you can send photos, videos and audio just like WhatsApp.
The big difference is the high level of security, because it allows the identification of sending and receiving messages from unknown contacts. Because of this, the United States National Security Agency (NSA) has warned that its crypto level poses a security risk. by preventing users from being tracked.
It is precisely because of these benefits that people like it Elon Musk or Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter, uses the application, which currently has 10 million downloads.